El debate sobre los territorios inteligentes: El caso del área metropolitana de Sevilla

Abstract

The fast and deep transformations experienced by the societies, the economies and the spatial patterns during the last decades, demands that researchers make new interpretations and public managers come up with new answers to face the current problems and challenges. In this general context, the purpose of this article is to participate of the debate about the concept of intelligent territory, combining economicist approaches with others ones related to the idea of integrated territorial development. In order to achieve this aim the evolution experienced by the metropolitan area of Sevilla will be analyzed, using this double approach. © Revista Eure.